How's this place work?

If you could take a little mental holiday and go to any imaginary place, where would you go?And what would you do while you were there?

Send me a postcard, handmade or otherwise, from an imaginary location. It can be a place from a book or a movie or a piece of music, or some other world you made up. On the other side, write and tell me what you've been doing on your vacation from reality.

All postcards to be addressed to:

SoozcatWish I Were Here6219 156th Ave. NERedmond, WA 98052United States

I'll scan a selection of postcards and post them to the blog for all and sundry to enjoy.

Monday, February 19, 2018

"Dear Soozcat,
What a wonderful trip we had! First visitors to a new planet beyond Mars, Nanchern! In a matter of minutes, we walked from sunlight into darkness and watched a volcano erupting! Next time, you'll have to come with us!"

That sounds fantastic, Charley. I'm all in favor of more planets in our solar system. (You heard about what they did to Pluto? That's messed up, right?) Thanks for writing!

Sunday, February 18, 2018

"Dear Dan,I'm surprised how beautiful Tibet is. I like it so well that I rented this cabin for a month. The stars at night are beautiful.Hope you can come over for a visit. You will love the wildlife.Your bro"

Gee, I hope Dan got this message. (Do you think we should try fixing him up with Bonnie? They both seem to have a fondness for exotic wildlife. NO no bad Soozcat, no matchmaking!) Thanks, Bob!

Saturday, February 17, 2018

"Dear SoozcatThey sent us out to check out Plant Goofy. We came up on this valley and it started to snow, when it looked like a spring day. Maybe someday more people can come and see Plant Goofy"

Well, unknown friend, surprisingly enough Plan(e?)t Goofy looks familiar to me. Perhaps I've been there all unawares. (Or perhaps I just live on Planet Goofy. Frankly, so many things would make sense that way.) Thanks for writing!

Thursday, February 15, 2018

"Dear Soozcat,
I couldn't quite muster my own imaginary place postcard (or apparently the ability to spell or write clearly) but I taught an imaginary places postcard collage class at a senior living facility near San Luis Obispo recently. The folks were good sports and whipped up some cards for you. XOXO"

Aw, thanks Kim! And looking forward to seeing more work from her students in the next few days. I hope you are too.

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Darcy writes:
"Hello Soozcat--
We finally made it to the haunted castle in Katchoo. We sailed by boat for two days to get there and had our very own Magical Sheep to tour us around the island. Highly recommend taking the trip. Katchoo is a special place."

Well. All I have to say about that is "Coo, coo, Katchoo." All I need now is a boat to get there. Anyone willing to charter a trip to a haunted castle?

Thank you for writing, Darcy. And all the best to the Magical Sheep too!

Saturday, January 21, 2017

And you thought we were done for a while. (Well, actually, I thought we were done for a while.)

But to our rescue comes the lovely and talented Gail Anderson, who provides us with a Polaroid-style snapshot of Valentine Alley circa 1973.

Gail writes:
"Dear Soozcat:Wish that I could hop inside a time machine and go to this place. Not only does Valentine Alley look like fun, but the early 1970s were an interesting time. I couldn't really appreciate them because I was in middle school at the time."

Middle school does make it tough to appreciate a lot of things. Myself, I couldn't really appreciate the early '70s because I was learning to walk, talk, feed myself, poop through the white donut, etc., at the time. But I am curious. Anybody got a time machine Gail and I could take out for a spin this weekend? We promise not to go all A Sound of Thunder on anybody!

Monday, January 16, 2017

Barring any latecomers, this is the final postcard in the Cal Poly SLO series.

And, fittingly enough, it comes to us from over the rainbow.

Ryan writes:
"Dear Sozcat,
Greetings from a place over the rainbow. I hope you are enjoying your life in Redmond. I hope there are many rainbows from the plentiful amount of rain in Washington. Hope you love all the cards we sent. ♥"

Ryan, I don't think you and your classmates will ever really know how much I loved receiving these cards. You were bold in coming up with so many imaginative places, and fearless in showing them to a complete stranger in a faraway city. Yes, I realize this was a class project, but you showed plenty of flair and style in completing it. Many thanks and much appreciation to you, your classmates and your instructor.

About the rain? I love it. There are many grey days here in Washington, but there is no spring tree so green as one growing against the backdrop of a grey Puget Sound sky. There are also plenty of rainbows, if you know which way to face to see them. Despite all the wonders of the many imaginary places seen here, there really is no place like home.

Sunday, January 15, 2017

We've had all these postcards from various corners of the planet and the galaxy, but I hear many of you calling out, "HEY! WHAT ABOUT THE SURF REPORT?!"

Fear not; we gotcha covered.

Our surfing enthusiast friend writes:"Hey Soozcat!
As you can tell the surf is up here, hopin' the mountains keep holdin' them off! Enjoying the sights and sun happening in the hopping paradise we have here! Gotta go catch some more afternoon rays and feel that salty ocean mist. Catch you later cat!XOXO"

D'aww, cantcha just feel the love? Or maybe that's just ocean mist. In any case, thanks for writing and don't forget the sunscreen!

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